“The lack of belief is a defect that ought to be concealed when it cann...” — Lillian Smith Quote

The lack of belief is a defect that ought to be concealed when it cannot be overcome.

When you stop learning, stop listening, stop looking and asking questions, always new questions, then it is time to die.

To believe in something not yet proved and to underwrite it with our lives: it is the only way we can leave the future open.

The human heart dares not stay away too long from that which hurt it most. There is a return journey to anguish that few of us are released from making.

We need not feel ashamed of flirting with the zodiac. The zodiac is well worth flirting with.

To insist that belief in the Bible demands belief in a young Earth is to put a stumbling block in the path of many nonbelievers. It raises the question of why a God who is committed to revealing truth would make the universe and Earth measure to be old if, in fact, they are not.

Even as Jews and Christians profoundly disagree about the truth, they are united in the belief that there is a truth to be sought.

In a very general way, our society has fallen out of love with the skilled trades. Part of the problem is a myriad of myths and misperceptions that surround the jobs themselves, but the biggest cause is our stubborn belief that a four-year degree is the best path for the most people.

Grief seems at first to destroy not just all patterns, but also to destroy a belief that a pattern exists.